The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

The Right Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain it applies to bishops except that The Most Reverend is used for archbishops .*In some churches with a...

  Gordon McMullan was an Anglican bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 and author

Author

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  in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Born in 1934 and educated at Queen's University Belfast, he was ordained in 1963. After curacies

Curate

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 at Ballymacarrett

Ballymacarrett

Ballymacarrett or Ballymacarret is the name of both a townland and electoral ward in Belfast. The townland is in County Down and the electoral ward is part of the Pottinger district electoral area of Belfast City Council....

 and Knock he became Central Adviser on Christian Stewardship to the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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. Later he was Rector of St Brendan’s, East Belfast and then Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

. From 1980 to 1986 he was Bishop of Clogher

Bishop of Clogher

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; and from then to 1997, Bishop of Down and Dromore

Bishop of Down and Dromore

The Bishop of Down and Dromore is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Province of Armagh. The diocese is situated in the north east of Ireland, which includes all of County Down, about half of the city of Belfast, and some parts of County Armagh east of the...

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